Showing posts with label Gear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gear. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 June 2007

We have Mail

BRR is pleased and surprised. Overnight while we slept out blog has passed 1000 hits and kept right on trucking. We have also received mail, lots of mail. We are almost humbled. Answers shall be forth coming to all, we swear it on the blood of the gnomes we spill last night. We have selected this one to begin with as it was the first received.

I'm new to the game. I started a Troll Hunter on the Bloodscalp server and I'm currently level 18. I was wondering what talent choices you recommend for being on a PvP server. So far I have put my points in the BM tree. 5/5 Endurance Training, 3/3 Thick Hide, and 1/2 Focused Fire. I was just curious about your build and what you might recommend.

Thanks, Gromrot

Dear Gromrot,

Welcome to the Horde and Warcraft. We shall link our PvP spec and our PvE spec for your viewing pleasure. As for talent points, the path you have begun is the same we would have chosen if leveling again. When it comes to leveling talent selection our favorite Alliance hunter, BRK has beaten us to the punch. We whole heartedly recommend his guide “The New BM-Leveling Tree – Your first 40 points”. Learn from thy enemies.

The strength in leveling a hunter on a PVP server is you may grind at a reduced pace, conserving your mana and still be ready to deal with any wandering allies around attempting to gank you. You'll often see them coming a good distance off due to "track humanoid". Dropping an ice trap to cover your back while shooting is also an excellent preventative measure. We have lost count of the number of times we iced and upitty rogue on Wildhammer while leveling. When we did we would mark him, finish killing our mob and then wipe the floor with him/her to show our dispeasure. On days when the allies are too persistant another nice PVP leveling tactic is to equip your handy dandy Hydrocane and farm turtles, murlocs, hydras or other underwater mobs - you will very rarly be disturbed and if you are a leather worker it can be very profitable.

As a side note we recommend you select a pet to compliment your play style and tree early, some pet types are only available at lower levels and some very nice unique pets are coming up. Our information needs regarding pets are always meet at Petopia they have all the skills and taming information a young hunter could need. If you are the adventurous type and do not fear an epic journey to have the best, an Enraged Ravager is tamable from the Draenei islands (level 16-17). The rare and very unique black lion “Humar The Pridelord" is also coming up at lvl 23 near ratchet. BRR has Spike as our main DPS/PVP partner in death, but Humar still has a warm spot in our heart and stables. Being a rare spawn, level 23 to tame and the only black lion in the game he is a rare sight in Azeroth and the Outlands.

Wednesday, 20 June 2007

Season 2

Arena Season 2 has begun!

We see many Horde gathered around the PVP quartermasters and arena quartermasters to inspect and pick up new gear. BRR has stockpiled enough points to pick up 1 shiny epic BG item and must now choose between 5/4 pieces.

We feel a spread sheet and some intense number crunching coming on. The new Veteran's Pendant of Triumph calls to us but the Veteran Band of Triumph shall probably be a smarter upgrade. With the new stats for Veteran's Chain Sabatons being so tasty BRR may have to look hard again at breaking up our level 60 Warlord set bonuses. We hold a number of pieces in the bank at the moment that are only side-grades until we can justify breaking our 6 piece bonus, this item may do that.

Mrs BRR has already chosen the new epic elemental bracers for her first 'Season 2' item.

Friday, 15 June 2007

Arena Season 2 Items

Hot off the press.

Mrs BRR, 'Queen of the Frost Shocks' informed us that the new Arena Season 2 gear and Season 2 BG gear is available for viewing in all it's glorious Alliance killing potential.


Ain't it shiny? We can definatly see ourselves in this kit. The T5 models may look almost as bad as the T2 Dragonstalker gear that afflicted our PVE brothers, but it's stats are unrivaled for the PVP hunter.
Our new plans for the night are to top up our depleated honor pool for somemore epic gear lovin' in the next 2-3 weeks. Our current upgrade path and schemes may need to be reconisdered. The 88.2 dps Merciless Gladiator's Crossbow of the Phoenix makes our eyes sparkle and our teeth gnash.